What Rumi Can Teach Us About Inner Peace (Even If Your World Is Crashing Down)

You look at it with pride.

Your first car.

A shiny, new Renault Duster.

You love everything about it. The shimmering silver colour. The smell of newness. Even the lights inside seem special.

You take your car out on your first drive. You cruise down the neighbourhood. A big smile on your face. Life is sooo good. But, all of a sudden you hear the sound of friction against the side of your new car.

OMG! Your new car just got horribly scratched.

Before you can stop the driver of the other car, it zooms away.

You feel wrecked inside. Almost violated.

How could this have happened?

You’re depressed the whole day. Instead of celebrating your new car, you feel rage. How could that person scratch your new car?

You think to yourself, “Why me? Why is the world against me?”

Have you ever felt like this?

We’ve all been there. We get obsessed over mishaps in life, that have no consequence. We blow things out of proportions, don’t we?

When things don’t go our way

We have a certain expectation of the world–it should work in a certain way. But more often than not, it doesn’t.

When things go wrong, we get stressed. Even small things, like not getting our tea or coffee on time, can make us moody for the rest of the day.

We know we should remain calm but it seems impossible.

This is when spiritual teachings can help us find inner peace. Once you understand why you get stressed, you’ll find it easier to maintain a feeling of serenity.